Service wagon



Ian. 27, 1925.

. N. L. JARVIS ET AL.

SERVICE WAGON Filed Nov. 8, 1922 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 27, I925.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.SEBVIGE W Application filed November To all who 1a it may concern:

-Be -1t known that we, NELsoNL. JARVIS and FRANK J. JARV1S,.GitlZQDS ofthe United Fit States, residing at iP-alme'r, inthe county of .IIampdenand State of Massachusetts,-have invented certain new .and usefulImprovementsfin Servicelvagfons, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in service wagons or carts of thetype used for hotel maid service or similar purposes, and has particularreference to improved means for covering the trays on said carts.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a cover for thecabinet on the service wagon whereby the same may be made to extend outand cover the cabinet or may be folded up and stood up out of the waywhen the cabinet is opened for use.

Another object of the invention is to provide an easel type of coverwhich may be quickly closed and folded down on the cabinet as anordinary cover, or may be folded and stood up as an easel out of the waywhile the cabinet is in use.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention should be readilyapparent by reference to the following specification taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that anymodifications or departures may be made from the specific featuresdisclosed within the scope of the claim without departing from orexceeding the spirit of the invention, the preferred form oniy beingshown for sake of illustration.

Figure I represents a front view in elevation of a cart embodying theinvention.

Figure II represents a top or plan view of Figure I.

Figure III represents a fragmentary perspective view of the cabinet andcover, the cover being folded up out of the way in its open position.

Figure IV represents a fragmentary side view showing in full lines thecabinet partially opened and in dotted lines the position of the coverwhen opened.

Prior to this invention considerable difficulty has been experiencedwith the covers of the top trays of wagons of this nature. They wereordinarily one leaf hinge covers, which covers were decidedly in the waywhen the cabinet was opened, as if opened 8,1922. Serial No. 599,679.

up flat they would extend out beyond the side of the wagon, being amenace to surrounding ob ects wlth which the wagon was likely to come incontact, and being in the way of the operator.

If it was held in a vertical position it would slain down and catchthe-hands or fingers of the operator. ,Iflcftin closed position it hadto be opened each time anything was put into or taken out of thecabinet, making a slow and awkward arrangement. It is, therefore, theobject of the present invention to provide means overcoming thesedifliculties and to provide a cover cheap of construction and efficientin operation, that can be opened up and stowed out of the way quicklywithout danger of collapsing and without danger to surrounding objects.Figure I shows a front elevation of a service wagon provided with theseimprove ments. This wagon in question is provided with the wheels 1, theshelves 2, the top cabinet or tray 3, and the side bags 4.

Figure II shows the top or cover of the tray or cabinet 8. In thisparticular cabinet the cover is made of two leaves 5 and 6 hingedtogether at 7. There is also a pen manent or fixed narrow section 9 towhich the cover is hinged by the hinges 8. It will be noted in Figure IVthat the front section 5 is so hinged as to fold down on the secondsection 6, but that the section 5 rests on a post 10 secured to thesecond section 6. Fastened to the top of this post 10 is a rubber plug11 on which the leaf 5 rests.

The operation of this cover can be read ily understood from Figure IV.It will be noted that the first section 5 is swung over on its hinges 7so that it lies on top of the rubber section 11 of the post 10. Then thetwo sections 5 and 6 together are rotated on the hinge 8 securing thesecond section 6 to the permanent strip 9 until it takes the position ofthe dotted lines or stands up on the permanent strip 8 like an easel,which is shown in perspective in Figure III. It will readily be seenfrom Figure III that when the cover is so folded up, it is out of theway, allows of ready access to the top cabinet, has no tendency to fallshut, and has no tendency to fall over beyond the sides of the wagon. orto close the tray. To close the tray the reverse of the operation onlyis necessary; the two sections together are ill) swung down on the hinge8 and the section 5 is swung over on the hinge 7 until it lies flat, asshown in Figure 11.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that we have providedasmple and efficient means for providing a cover to the top tray, whichcover may be quickly and easily folded up and stowed out of the. way

when the tray is in use and readily folded down to act as a protectivecover when the tray is not in use.

We claim:

In a device of the character described, a wagon body portion, a traythereon, and

' a cover for the same, comprising a plurality I of leaves hingedtogether, a fixed portion supported by the tray at one side thereof andthe fixed portion to support the leaves in upright position when movedto contact position on the hinge uniting the first leaf and the. fixedportion.

NELSON L. JARVIS. FRANK J. JARVIS.

